MR. HAY.— 1826. 183 



By a terrier bolted, poor reynard was killed 

 By the pack in an instant, in face of the Field. 

 Patrick led the whole Field with great judgment to-day. 

 And the Master prais'd highly the manner and way. 



As two other foxes remain'd in the drain, 

 One was quickly turn'd out — now we're at him again ; 

 For twenty -five minutes he led us a ring. 

 We kill'd near Edge Hill — 'twas a capital thing. 



A horse o'er this country, by this we can tell. 

 Must have blood and bone, or he cannot go well. 



We cannot conceive any thing more mortifying to the Master of 

 the hounds, the good Sportsman, or to the huntsman, than for them 

 to see the heedless and injudicious horsemen in the field ride amongst 

 the hounds at any time, or to press upon them on a cold scent, or when 

 they have come to a check. By the former, many a valuable hound has 

 been struck by a horse, and disabled or killed ; and by the two latter, 

 the fox has often been lost, and the sport spoiled for the day. Mr. 

 Corbet, mild and forbearing in his manners as he was, sometimes lost 

 his temper, when he could not repress the eagerness, or rather impru- 

 dence, of some men of this description ; but he had a singular way of 

 retaliating upon them for their indiscretion. When a fox had broke 

 cover and gone off at a rapid rate, or when the pack, after a check, had 

 hit him off, on an improved scent, and were following him at their best 

 pace, especially if up hill, he would cry out, — ' Now, gentlemen, ride 

 over my hounds ! Ride over them now, gentlemen ! Now, bran and 

 chaff ! Go along, bran and chaff, and ride over my hoimds now, if you 

 can !' — Then away he went, and although he seldom took even a 

 moderate fence, at the latter part of his time, as he rode capital horses, 

 he was seldom far behind at the end of a run, however long and severe, 

 except thrown out by one of those incidents which sometimes occur to 

 the boldest and best men in the field. — Bill Barrow used less ceremony 

 than his master in speaking of these irregularities, and the offenders 

 who knew him, took pretty good care to keep out of his \\'ay for a time. 

 Bill freqtiently gave them what is termed — a blessing ! 



